Grimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary artist creating light sculpture installations and
other multimedia projects around the world using light and space to create her artworks.
Inspired by natural environments, cultural sites, architecture, and technology, she creates
bodies of work that illuminate our notion of personal identity and community.
Her works are not about light itself but about its perception, and uses advancements in
technology to render changes in light perceptible. Besides physical space and volume,
Grimanesa Amorós also creates a space of perception between her objects by activating the
light on the surface. Time and space are crucial for Grimanesa Amorós, in particular when
she develops site-specific works that react with absolute precision to the circumstances of
the chosen place. In Grimanesa Amorós’ light sculptures the spatial structure is
supplemented by a temporal one: as in a musical composition, a program controls the LEDs’
intervals.
Fusion with nature turns up in many of her works, not just in the videos, but also very
concretely in her site-specific light installations. Grimanesa’s main sources of inspiration
are drawn from nature, focusing on how humans have adapted to live in a wide range of
environments. Having a historical understanding of a space informs her creative process. The
exploration of the communication between humanity and nature is one of the driving factors
in the work. The projects are site-specific and present an immersive experience to the
architectural spaces.
Light Sculpture Art
Light Sculpture Art is an art form where light is the main medium of expression, and the
sculpture is the one displaying the light. These sculptures can be temporary or
permanent, and can exist in two distinctive spaces: indoor galleries, such as museum
exhibits, or outdoors at events like festivals. Immersive large-scale installations of
creative lighting art develop the mentioned above thoughts bringing out new verges of
experience through the visual media. Light art can be an interaction of light in an
architectural space. Light artists are those that devote all their creative
experimentation to light art.
Creative Lighting Installation by Grimanesa Amoros
Grimanesa Amoros is an artist working in light sculpture art with pieces on display around
the world. Every site-specific public work illuminates the space with creative lighting in
immersive large-scale installations. Through her art she conveys an ephemeral wonder,
entrancing the viewers from all different backgrounds.
Being born in Peru, she finds inspiration in many cultures and places all around the globe,
including Africa, Middle East, Europe, South America, and Asia. As a renowned light
installation artist, she gives interviews, lectures, and participates in various
exhibitions.
Grimanesa Amoros’ artistic ability are not limited to light sculpture art; she has a history
working with the medium of paint, photography, and other mixed media materials.
She is an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history,
scientific research, and critical theory.
